Peonies and azaleas are flowers meant to represent compassion and taking care of yourself. When you experience traumatic events, you must learn how to recover from it, whether you have support from others or not . The following poems are a mix of a traumatic event I experienced; others are either fictional takes on real events or hypothetical events that happen, but I did not experience. I just want this to be something people can read and relate to. Enjoy.All Rights Reserved